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extravagance

[ik-strav-uh-guhns] / ɪkˈstræv ə gəns /


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In the background to all of that extravagance was a pending Premier League judgment against Man City on 115 charges of breaching financial regulations over the course of a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

He says most buyers are not chasing extravagance as much as efficiency.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The coziness comes from structure: meals designed to nourish through cold months, to make use of preserved ingredients, to create warmth without extravagance.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Estimates ranged as high as two hundred, though such extravagance seems implausible even for a man of his appetite.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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